AAPPA MISSION:
"The Arkansas Adult Probation and Parole Association is dedicated to providing leadership, information, and training to members while promoting a more efficient Criminal Justice System."

HISTORY

The Arkansas Adult Probation and Parole Association is a nonprofit professional organization which serves as a forum for Probation/Parole Officers, and other members of the Criminal Justice System. The Association developed its first Constitution in 1979. The four founding members saw a need to unite probation and parole officers towards a common goal. For the first few years, AAPPA conferences were held annually. The AAPPA now holds conferences twice a year, (Fall/Spring) bringing the membership together for quality training and exchange of ideas. The AAPPA has grown from just a handful of members in 1979, to over 350 members today. The Association continues to grow and exert influence at the State level.

OBJECTIVES:

The Objectives of the AAPPA are:

• To accomplish the exchange of ideas, information, and perspectives between and among the supportive friends of the association,
• To adopt professional standards for those engaged in supervision of offenders and to aid and encourage the achievement of those standards.
• To seek and promote legislation for the improvement of community supervision for adults.
• To cooperate with all agencies which are interested in the advancement of probation and parole objectives.
• To increase public awareness and acceptance for community supervision as an effective means of prevention, and reduction of criminal behaviors.

VISION:

To provide a voice for the probation and parole profession in effective policy toward community-based sanctions to provide for offender accountability and victim restoration. We are committed to improving probation and parole practices for the most efficient and effective methods in community supervision.